When Xu Tong learned about the Song Army, the Song Army almost got the news that an unknown army was heading towards them.
Meng Chao instantly realized that they were enemy troops, so he immediately asked about their number and size.
Meng Chao was a little stunned when he learned that the opponent's number and size were similar to Meng Chao's army.
But then he guessed that the army facing him should be the vanguard of the enemy's army, so the number was relatively small. They must have a larger army later.
And there are only a few thousand troops on his side who are worried and unstable and may run faster than him at any time.
How to fight this battle?
Meng Chao fell into deep thought.
What needs to be made clear is that as an "outstanding general" who grew up in the Southern Song Dynasty system in the post-Yue Fei era, Meng Chao is definitely not a wise general like Wang Ping, nor a tragic figure like Zhuge Zhan.
He is powerless to defeat the enemy.
Moreover, his son was only eight years old, and he did not plan to take his eight-year-old son to the battlefield, lest the father and son would go to the underworld to meet Yama together.
He would not think about how to be loyal to the Southern Song Dynasty at all, but would only think about how to use his status and power to better benefit himself.
To make profit, he charged forward.
Fighting to the death, he suffered epilepsy on the spot.
So faced with such a serious situation, he felt that he had only two options.
First, run.
Second, run quickly.
How to choose?
Meng Chao fell into hesitation - this choice between the two always makes people feel very embarrassed.
Before Meng Chao made a decision, news suddenly came from the front that the enemy army had formed a fighting formation and was rushing in their direction, obviously intending to fight them head-on.
Good guy, this looks like there is someone behind you, and you are full of confidence, but there is no one behind you, or the person behind you still wants to be on top...
How can this be a dispatch of troops?
This is obviously a funeral!
After thinking about it, Meng Chao felt that if he faced him head-on, he would avoid a huge defeat. Even if he was not hacked to death on the spot and managed to escape with his life, he would probably die because of the loss of troops and generals.
Either way, he would die, so it would be better to just lead the troops and run away. If he could save the army, he might be able to escape alive.
In order to better escape, Meng Chao also thought of a way.
Anyway, the court didn't know where the enemy troops came from. When the time came, they said they had gone the wrong way and did not encounter the enemy troops, so they let the enemy troops pass. After the enemy troops left and everything calmed down, they went back. The chance of survival is higher.
As soon as he thought about this, Meng Chao almost wanted to praise himself as a little expert in escaping.
Then he immediately ordered the entire army to change direction. The enemy is coming from the southwest, so we should go northwest. We must go fast and we must not stop!
The soldiers don't know why, but as long as they don't fight and don't fight desperately, anything is fine.
If you can’t work hard, how can you make money?
If you risk your life, how can the status you gained by spending so much money and kneeling down to your boss for so long be used?
How can we recoup the investment we put in to get promoted?
Are you counting on the court's support?
Those fucking civil servants always pluck out a hair and throw it out to deceive people. Their tactics are extremely bad and their popularity is particularly ugly. It is better to expect those bandits to die on the spot than to expect them to be kind. He just Lie down and win.
And the most terrifying thing is what happens after death. What if the wife in the family remarries with the hard-earned money she has saved by drinking soldiers' blood and eating soldiers' meat... Oh, my grandma's family will suffer a loss!
Therefore, we must avoid it. If the sky falls, there will be a tall man holding it up. If I don’t go to hell, whoever likes me will go to hell! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
As a result, Meng Chao led his army to start a happy escape. The entire army changed direction, directly missed the front line of Xu Tong's troops, and walked away all the way, as carefree and comfortable as if it was not the capital of the Song Dynasty behind it.
Xu Tong cannot understand all this. He is not a psychological expert and cannot figure out the true thoughts of these strange people.
The Song army that was about to collide with him suddenly turned sharply before the two armies came into contact, and then moved forward quickly without stopping for a moment. Xu Tong was a little surprised when he learned the news and didn't know what was going on.
Why did they run away?
No war?
At this distance, both sides should be relatively aware of each other's existence. What do you mean by your sudden change of direction?
Want to steal my back?
Then you shouldn't take my back at this distance, right?
And the whole army goes together?
Or are there more troops behind?
Xu Tong thought about it and felt that he could not take it lightly, so he sent people to continue to search for the enemy, expanded the scope to the entire Lin'an area, and then continued to keep a close eye on the movements of the Song army.
During this period of time, he asked the entire army to stop and rest temporarily, eat something and drink some water, replenish their physical strength, and solve personal hygiene problems by the way.
Once the fight breaks out, I won't have time for you to shit.
Xu Tong believes that unless the Song army is timid and avoids the enemy, it must have their own considerations. For example, the front army cuts off the retreat, and the rear army closely follows the main force entangled in him, trying to fight a roundabout annihilation battle outside Lin'an City. What.
Out of responsibility for the lives of the soldiers, Xu Tong felt that he needed to judge the situation.
But soon, the news brought back by the Sentinel Rider confused him.
Lin'an City has implemented martial law, the city gates are closed, and the city is crowded with people. People are arranging weapons to defend the city everywhere, as if they are going to defend the city.
As far as they have explored so far, they have not found another organized field force of the Song Army outside Lin'an City.
Ah this...
Xu Tong fell into deep thinking.
He was wondering whether the Song army that had just avoided his front was planning to take his retreat, or was it a cowardly way to avoid the enemy?
After thinking about it, Xu Tong felt that he really shouldn't have too much hope in the integrity of Song generals and Song soldiers. From the knowledge he learned in the revival meeting, he could know the evil nature of the Song military system and the overt and covert struggles between them. .
If you want the Song Army to carry out a beautiful cooperative battle and perfectly execute tactics, it is better to expect meteorites to fall from the sky at the end of the battle and annihilate all the enemies.
Under such circumstances, can they really perform a beautiful coordinated battle?
Is that Song army really trying to steal my retreat?
Xu Tong held his chin and thought for a while before making a decision.
No matter what, just go to Lin'an directly!
Just bet on the decadent system of the Southern Song Dynasty, just bet on that army's evasion and cowardice, and simply don't dare to face the enemy head-on with me.
Xu Tong immediately decided to resume the march of the entire army as mules and horses, go to Lin'an City, take a tour of Lin'an City, show off their presence in front of Zhao Guan's family, and then leave immediately.
Xu Tong is not a fool. He can't take down such a high city wall with so many defending troops, and he can't expect another Guo Jing to appear in the city and lead the Six Ding Liujia magic soldiers out of the city to perform.
He just wanted to disgust Zhao Yu and the entire Southern Song Dynasty court, humiliate them severely, and let them know that they were not easy to bully.
But then again, along the way, Xu Tong also understood the weakness of the defense in the Southern Song Dynasty. As long as there were 40,000 troops instead of 4,000 people, he would dare to directly surround Lin'an and attack day and night, regardless of whether he could win or not. Come down, you can treat Zhao Guan's family to have a drink.
Unfortunately, it can't be done now.
With such regret, Xu Tong galloped towards Lin'an City with his army composed of mules and horses. When he galloped to the outskirts of Lin'an City and could already see Lin'an City, he saw some military facilities outside the city. Obstacles and the like.
But there was no Song Bing around.
So Xu Tong waved his hand, and the peasant army soldiers immediately stepped forward to demolish these obstacles, and the army continued to advance rapidly.
Finally, Lin'an City is close at hand.
The capital of the Southern Song Dynasty is close at hand.
